Posts Tagged ‘Life’
{ March 6, 2010 @ 11:04 pm }
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{ CF, Christianity, Church, Faith, Health }
{ Tags: Blogs, Christ, Christian Fellowship, Christianity, Faith, Forgiveness, God, Jesus, Life, Medicine, Personal, Relationships, Religion, Spiritual Life, Trials } · { }
Hidden unforgiveness is the root cause of many sleepless nights – yet how many of you are aware of it? Sometimes our negative hold on others keeps our own spirits in a vise far below our conscious thoughts. Unforgiveness can be a tormentor.
One very powerful testimony is from a man named Bob who didn’t believe God wanted him to forgive his neighbor for molesting his child, yet ever since the incident he had been plagued with many tormenting physical ailments. A clergyman convinced him to go to his neighbor and freely forgive him. The impact of this meeting was so powerful that the neighbor accepted the Lord several weeks before he died. Meanwhile, every one of Bob’s symptoms was healed.
Jesus once told Peter to forgive his brother “seventy times seven.” Why? I think it may have taken Peter that many times to deal with unforgiveness in himself! Forgiveness is a very serious matter for God says: “…if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matthew 6:14-15, NKJV).
Ask the Lord to search your heart tonight and reveal any buried resentments of which you may not even be aware. Once they are purged, you will have sweet dreams.
{ March 5, 2010 @ 7:07 pm }
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{ Christianity, Church, Faith, Health, Hospital, Housemanship, Medical studies, Personal, Religion, Testimony }
{ Tags: Blogs, Christianity, Faith, Faithfulness, HO, Hospital, House Calls, Houseman, Life, Medicine, Religion, Spiritual Life, Trials } · { }
If you were to look outside on a dark, stormy day, would you think the sun had disappeared, just because you couldn’t see it? Of course not.
Yet, some of you may be beside yourselves tonight because you’ve failed the Lord so badly you can’t imagine Him still being faithful to you. “After all,” you reason, “we reap what we sow. I’ve hit hard times and haven’t sown anything, so I guess I can’t expect anything from the Lord. I don’t know if I’ll ever pull out of this rut.”
But, as valid as God’s principle of reaping and sowing is, there’s another part of His Word, even more powerful, which says, “If we are faithless…He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself…He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you” (II Timothy 2:13 and Isaiah 30:19, AMP).
So, tonight, rest securely in the knowledge that there is nothing you can do to diminish His faithfulness to you, even if you haven’t been faithful to Him! Believe that He will be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When He hears it He will answer you! He understands the circumstances of your life and wants to help you draw close to Him again!
{ March 1, 2010 @ 10:33 pm }
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{ Faith, Health, Hospital, Personal, Religion }
{ Tags: Addiction, Christ, Food, Life, Personal, Religion, Spiritual Life } · { }
“I didn’t think I had a disease,” the woman cried, “but now I know I do. Now I know I have a problem.” Hers was an addiction to overeating and sugar. It had been a long journey to this admission, plagued with sleepless nights. But the thoughts that kept her awake were not of desserts or chocolate crepes. What Satan used were fits of unresolved anger, worry, anxiety and fear that drove her to escape in food.
Night after night her self-destructive thoughts had raged: “I hate this life. I hate myself. I don’t want tomorrow to come. I’m not good enough for God. I’ve done nothing but fail.” Satan caused her problems to be so exaggerated that she had no hope, until she humbled herself and confessed her addiction.
What about you? Has an addiction of any kind bound you? Can you humble yourself enough to admit to God that you have a problem? God wants to help. He says:
“…humble yourselves…under the mighty hand of God…Casting the whole of your care – all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all – on Him; for He cares for you affectionately, and cares about you watchfully. Be well-balanced – temperate, sober-minded” (1 Peter 5:6-8, AMP).
It may not be easy to reach out to God for help and be honest with yourself. Take that courageous step tonight. In Christ you have the power to overcome!
{ February 26, 2010 @ 10:56 pm }
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{ Faith, Hospital, Housemanship, Medical studies, Medicine, Personal, Work }
{ Tags: Blogs, HO, Hospital, Houseman, Life, Malaysia, Occupation, Personal, Trials } · { }
Finally I completed this tough scary posting. In a posting where HO are fully responsible of every single details of a patient, I have been experiencing sleepless nights and nightmares of my patients collapsing in the middle of night. This is where some seniors take the chance to bully the HOs. But I do salute some who does the opposite and stand up for the HOs.
Im so thankful to God for helping me through this posting. For his grace and mercy in keeping my patients alive and well despite my poor knowledge and incompetence. But through this 4 months, I did get to really learn to become a safe and independent doctor.
Today, im in a new posting. A place where we fix and manage bones and muscles. But im getting lazier and lazier since completed my previous posting. Feel like drained of motivation and strength. Guess I used too much of it during the past 4 months. Haih….
Pray that i wil gain back my motivation and strength. 16 more months to go in housemanship….
{ February 3, 2010 @ 5:08 am }
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{ Hospital, Housemanship, Medical studies, Medicine, Personal }
{ Tags: Academics, Blogs, God, HO, Hospital, Houseman, Life, Malaysia, Medical studies, Medicine, Personal, Testimony } · { }
Its kinda getting late, almost 11pm already. I better finish up this post and go to sleep fast. In this depart, we need to sleep early, in order to wake up in time and start our morn rounds at 6am. I began to feel ‘old’ recently. Sleeping early….
The condition in really challenging our patience. Imagine, its already almost 1 week, there was not a single pink branulla or opsite in the whole ward. I wonder what is the sisters doing. Is it the whole hospital is running low of branulla stock or is it plain laziness??? I dont understand. But this problem of low stock of equipments in the ward is really really making our job difficult and stressful.
Imagine, a patient came in with high grade fever associated with cough and SOB… We need to take blood C&S before starting antibiotics. If we start antibiotics without taking any culture, boss is gonna give us a ‘piece of his/her mind!’. But the whole ward, bottle for blood C&S NOT AVAILABLE! Geram betul…. Sometimes I just feel like knocking my head on the wall.
But what to do, this is part and parcel of being a houseman. Getting frustrated and irritated for things that are within our control… I seriously need the grace of God to keep me steady and cool in the midst of all this nonsense…
{ December 30, 2009 @ 10:28 pm }
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{ Christianity, Faith, Medical studies, Medicine, Personal }
{ Tags: Hospital, Houseman, Life, Medic life, Medicine } · { }
Wah, finally Im a house officer (HO). Though many ppl say HO is like Hamba Orang… But wat to do, life goes on rite… I got posted to Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah (HPSF). Will I ever be a Pakar in this hospital??? Well, only God knows…
Its been 6 months as a house officer, and I still find it difficult to cope with working life. Working life really seems to be a monotonous life. And with us, HO working 7 days a week, its really a robotic life with no feelings. Hahaha! I really dun understand… why why and why only house officers work 7 days a week??? And we get ‘habuan’ like scolding, shouting and screaming all the time….
Seriously hard to remain like ‘Patch Adams’ during HO. Besides pressures from seniors, we get stressed up when staff nurses didnt carry out order, demanding patients. Hard to put up a smile when ur under such stress. I pray that the grace of God will overwhelm me, that I can put up a smile in such situation…
6 months has gone, 18 more months to go (If i dun get extended lar….), Im seriously counting days… When will I be out of this… Hope this 2 years of housemanship, I can keep close with God and family… and be an encouragement to patients and colleagues…
{ December 16, 2008 @ 1:43 am }
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{ Academics, Medical studies, Medicine, Personal, Travel, University }
{ Tags: Academics, Blogs, Campus Life, Hospital, HUSM, Labour room, Life, Medical studies, Medicine, Pasir Mas, Personal, Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, University } · { }
Its been a few days since I was posted in Hosp. Pasir Mas. Life here was really different than that in USMKK. Arrived here on thursday, I found the scenery here rather peaceful and quiet. There were 17 of us, 6 guys and the rest girls, one house for each. Two dutch students from Holland came and join us in this district posting. Wow, our life here will be much more interesting with their presence. The house was dirty, so the first day was all cleaning and mopping. One good thing we found is that, the previous groups left a map of Pasir Mas in our house, showing those popular food restaurants in Pasir Mas. These restaurants were also rated, imagine that? How creative they were?
The next day, we set out to check out those ‘hot’ restaurants in Pasir Mas, but unfortunately most of the reataurants are closed on fridays. We wanted to eat the ‘Lian Hong’ Loh Mee, but it was closed too. So we just settle down with wan tan mee nearby. That day was also one of our coursemate, Zie’s wedding party. Including her, there were already 4 ppl in group who are married, one of them is already a mother! I am still single.:-( So jealous of them… Anyhow the bride was so beautiful tat day. She was always pretty, but tat day was just extraordinary beautiful. We had another lunch at the wedding party and then took photos with the newly wed couple.
On day 3 which was Sat, We spend the whole day online, chatting, downloading movies. The line here was quite fast, so our computers were on most of the time. I brought my keyboard along and Viki brought his guitar. I taught Toh Jeng, my coursemate to play ‘My heart will go on’ on the keyboard and he was diligently practising it since then. Occasionally his gf (who is also our groupmate) will drop by listen to him playing. How sweet…:-)
Yesterday, was just the usual briefing, running in the wards, doing procedures. We are supposed to go Barkas in the evening, to do some research on the water in Kelantan but due to technical error, the trip was postponed. Tis morning, I went to the Labour room, and there was this patient, 28 year old female, gravida 2, para 1, about to give birth to her second child. No painkiller was given to her. Her active phase of labour was long and she was having difficulty pushing her baby down. Possibly due to her short contraction pain. It took almost 1 hour before finally the the baby’s head came out. Here in Pasir Mas, unlike HUSM, they dont give painkiller to pregnant ladies in labour. Imagine the pain they go thru? I really salute these ladies who choose to deliver in Pasir Mas.
Life here is rather slow paced, unlike in HUSM. People here are more relaxed and not in a hurry. I dont feel so much pressured here.
{ November 28, 2008 @ 10:01 pm }
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{ Academics, CF, Faith, Testimony, University }
{ Tags: Campus, CF, Christmas, Exam, God, Life, Medic life, Struggle, Testimony, University, USMKK } · { }
Testimony by L. B. Liang
Hi brothers and sisters,
First of all, for those who have never heard of me, I am Lau Bik Liang, a 4th year medical student from Sibu, Sarawak.
Christmas night is coming soon. This is the biggest event for CF. I have been through three meaningful Christmas nights in USMKK that has brought me a lot of good memories.
In my first year, I was so excited about Christmas night that I wished to participate in a lot of performances. However I ended up with only joining choir. Haih… Maybe I really am not a talented person, haha! Never mind, I still enjoyed myself during that Christmas because I found something special about CF – love among brothers and sisters. CF had given me a sense of belonging and we are all like in a big family with lots of care and encouragement from each other. During that time, we spent a lot of time and effort in practicing choir. Despite feeling exhausted, we got support from each other. Besides that, many Christians who seldom turn up for routine CF meeting also came to help for Christmas night. There was a great deal of fellowship among us. It was a warmth Christmas night for me staying so far away from my family
The following year, I was surprised to be asked to take charge of Christmas night choir. In the beginning of our practice, we faced problems like a lack of musicians and song selections. We have a very limited number of musicians as compared to now during that time and most of the musicians were final year students who were very busy in their study. Thus, I feel quite stress at that time. Thanks to the Christmas night committee that year who prayed continuously for these matters and we finally got the musicians. I think God had answered our prayers and that’s why most of our problems were solved. Prayer is great!
Last year’s Christmas was a struggle to me, the most struggling, in fact. I actually felt bored after serving two years in Christmas night. However, David (our previous CF president) came to my room and asked me to become vice president for the Christmas night committee. At first I rejected because of my Pro 2 exam. I wished to focus more on my studies since that was my Pro 2 exam year. Previously we rarely see a Year 3 medical student taking such a heavy job in any CF event. Thus, that discouraged me in taking the position as the vice chairman for Christmas night. The thought of worrying about “others would have a chance to study much more than I do as they continued to stay in their room” had ruminated in my mind. Thank God that in the end, I did agree to become vice president and my results was considered good enough for me to enter my 4th year. Haha! I think this was the first time I struggle to participate in God’s work and I am glad that I had chosen the correct pathway
This coming Christmas, I wish I can continue to involve in the work of God and experience God’s work on me. For those brothers and sisters who still hesitate to help in Christmas night, please hurry to lend a helping hand. I am sure God will make this a special Christmas for you as He had made it for me in the past three years.
May God bless you all!!!
